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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Hepburn's mother die?

2. What were the names of Hepburn's brothers?

3. Why did Hughes get upset during his meeting with Hepburn's parents?

4. Where did Hepburn take Hughes to meet her parents?

5. What destroyed Hepburn's family home in 1938?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Hepburn's relationship with her siblings like? Which of her siblings have passed away?

2. What story does Hepburn tell about a wild animal in the section titled "Leland Hayward"?

3. How did Leland end his relationship with Hepburn?

4. After the end of her relationship with Leland, what did Hepburn's friends and family tell her?

5. What kind of upbringing did Hepburn's mother have?

6. What causes did Hepburn's parents work for?

7. What did Hepburn think of Howard Hughes at first? How did the two of them get to know each other better?

8. What did Hepburn's maternal grandmother, Caroline, want her daughters to do in their lives?

9. How did Hepburn's eldest brother die? Why did her father, Dr. Hepburn, feel responsible?

10. In the section "Early Career", what career difficulty does Hepburn share?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Hepburn avoid scandal throughout her career? How did the fear of scandal impact her relationship with Tracy?

Essay Topic 2

Describe a few of the anecdotes which Hepburn shared with the reader. Why did she choose to include these anecdotes, and what are their significance?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret Hepburn's family. Describe the members of her immediate family, as well as Hepburn's relationship with each member. What conflicts did Hepburn have with her family? What are some examples of hardships that Hepburn and her family faced?

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